A grammar and dictionary of the Malay language : with a preliminary ...

DISSERTATION. ccxi
borrowed from the Malay or Javanese, The word for war
means, in these two languages, '' enemy," and that for spear or
lance, "iron." The word for hanger, or cntlass, is considered
by the Malays, who have adopted it, to be Bugis. The name
for the matchlock is probably taken from the Malay Japun, or
Japan, the Japanese having served as soldiers in the Archipelago
on the first arrival of Europeans, and, probably, having borne
this class of missiles.
Of words relating to time and kalendar the following are
examples :
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